Florida vs Massachusetts: which way are people moving?

Name: Florida vs Massachusetts: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 7,879 more people moved from Massachusetts to Florida than the other way.

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Massachusetts → Florida19,927 people

Arrivals' income: $209.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Massachusetts12,048 people

Leavers' income: $82.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

31,975 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Florida than to Massachusetts every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Massachusetts (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+2,891
2014–15 †	+2,856
2015–16	+4,558
2016–17 †	+4,254
2017–18	+3,321
2018–19	+3,694
2019–20	+4,306
2020–21	+6,199
2021–22	+7,033
2022–23 †	+4,101

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Florida

Net change, all states: +111,742
Moved in · moved out: 605,238 · 493,496
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $122.5k · $76.1k

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Massachusetts

Net change, all states: −28,367
Moved in · moved out: 116,816 · 145,183
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $89.9k · $116.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Massachusetts and Florida, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	16,257	10,578	+5,679	9,278	6,387	$85.1k	$57.0k
2014–15 †	12,715	7,404	+5,311	7,451	4,595	$100.8k	$54.9k
2015–16	17,664	9,207	+8,457	10,168	5,610	$94.0k	$52.7k
2016–17 †	21,718	13,297	+8,421	12,454	8,200	$91.4k	$58.4k
2017–18	17,396	11,046	+6,350	10,200	6,879	$120.3k	$65.0k
2018–19	17,612	10,413	+7,199	10,266	6,572	$124.8k	$86.5k
2019–20	19,019	10,787	+8,232	11,076	6,770	$132.7k	$75.9k
2020–21	22,108	10,360	+11,748	12,866	6,667	$179.9k	$81.6k
2021–22	23,596	10,490	+13,106	14,018	6,985	$203.7k	$200.0k
2022–23 †	19,927	12,048	+7,879	12,159	8,058	$209.0k	$82.7k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

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Moved Where. “Florida vs Massachusetts: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/florida-vs-massachusetts. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.